Senior Packaging Engineer - Materials and Distribution Testing

BioPharma Consulting JAD Group; Juncos (PR); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BioPharma Consulting JAD Group seeks a packaging engineer to select and qualify packaging that protects medicines from primary components to distribution.

You will write test protocols, perform ASTM D4169 distribution testing, and craft reports to justify material choices while coordinating packaging projects with cross‑functional teams in a pharma/biotech setting.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with 4+ years of experience (or master's with 2+ years, or PhD) in packaging.
• Experience in packaging engineering for pharma/biotech final product.
• Knowledge of ASTM, ISO, TAPPI, USP and EP standards; GMP/GDP.
• Strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Write test protocols and technical evaluations for packaging materials (bottles, labels, trays, lidding, leaflets, paperboard, sterile barrier, corrugate).
• Run ASTM D4169 distribution testing.
• Write the reports that justify material choices.
• Manage packaging projects with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Packaging engineering

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Select and qualify the packaging that protects medicines on the way to patients at a leading biotechnology company in Juncos, Puerto Rico, from primary and secondary components through distribution testing.

What you'll do

• Write test protocols and technical evaluations for packaging materials (bottles, labels, trays, lidding, leaflets, paperboard, sterile barrier, corrugate).
• Run ASTM D4169 distribution testing.
• Write the reports that justify material choices.
• Manage packaging projects with cross-functional teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering + 4 years (or Master's + 2, or PhD).
• Packaging engineering in pharma/biotech final product.
• ASTM, ISO, TAPPI, USP and EP standards; GMP/GDP.
• Project management skills.

• Contract: 12 months, with possible extension
• Shift: Administrative, Monday–Friday
• Start: Late October 2026